Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)

Population ages 65 and above as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. This indicator is used for calculating age dependency ratio (percent of working-age population). The age dependency ratio is the ratio of the sum of the population aged 0-14 and the population aged 65 and above to the population aged 15-64. In many developing countries, the once rapidly growing population group of the under-15 population is shrinking. As a result, high fertility rates, together with declining mortality rates, are now reflected in the larger share of the 65 and older population. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source. Total population is based on the de facto population including all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates. For more information see metadata for total population (SP.POP.TOTL).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Federated States of Micronesia
Records
63
Source
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 3.51622021
1961 3.52650771
1962 3.53467029
1963 3.53026163
1964 3.49776058
1965 3.45849997
1966 3.42818389
1967 3.40288657
1968 3.37875542
1969 3.355435
1970 3.33197715
1971 3.3210545
1972 3.31646993
1973 3.30967232
1974 3.30656049
1975 3.28359765
1976 3.23826738
1977 3.19984603
1978 3.1813067
1979 3.17348949
1980 3.16323388
1981 3.15225834
1982 3.14543621
1983 3.14360276
1984 3.14870884
1985 3.16089831
1986 3.17102985
1987 3.17895417
1988 3.19308533
1989 3.2108599
1990 3.22353275
1991 3.23666326
1992 3.32335533
1993 3.46694332
1994 3.57485748
1995 3.58023349
1996 3.50904906
1997 3.43642302
1998 3.35888552
1999 3.28405311
2000 3.28757436
2001 3.38012568
2002 3.4770496
2003 3.54188095
2004 3.56253505
2005 3.53614566
2006 3.47956954
2007 3.41270131
2008 3.34162799
2009 3.2720699
2010 3.23875915
2011 3.3016026
2012 3.44630054
2013 3.63596186
2014 3.86107646
2015 4.11468873
2016 4.37205198
2017 4.62779757
2018 4.90538993
2019 5.2182423
2020 5.5589997
2021 5.88256092
2022 6.15561823

Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)

Population ages 65 and above as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. This indicator is used for calculating age dependency ratio (percent of working-age population). The age dependency ratio is the ratio of the sum of the population aged 0-14 and the population aged 65 and above to the population aged 15-64. In many developing countries, the once rapidly growing population group of the under-15 population is shrinking. As a result, high fertility rates, together with declining mortality rates, are now reflected in the larger share of the 65 and older population. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source. Total population is based on the de facto population including all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates. For more information see metadata for total population (SP.POP.TOTL).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Federated States of Micronesia
Records
63
Source